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1Hunt-Black rethink of regulation plan. Lords Black and Hunt offered a conciliatory response to Lord Justice Leveson as he yesterday called for a new independent press regulator backed up by statute.

“Any form of statutory press control in a free society is fraught with danger, totally impractical and would take far too long to implement.”

3Britain’s youngest football reporter? Louth Town are currently top of the Northern Counties East Division – and they also have the distinction of being covered by Britain’s youngest football writer.

“I like the idea of writing part-time including writing books but I don’t have plans to work full-time for newspapers.

“I have other ideas for a fulltime career like physiotherapy or working with horses.”

4Harding leads editors' criticism of Black. The Hunt-Black plan for a beefed-up version of press self-regulation looks increasingly unlikely to survive in its current form with the editors of The Times, FT, Guardian and Independent all distancing themselves from it.

”The Lord Chief Justice should appoint someone, probably an experienced lawyer, and a panel of two others to oversee this regulator. This is to prevent backsliding, to stop the regulator falling into the clutches of the industry, to ensure no return to the ‘smoke-filled rooms’ of the past.”

“The industry generally and a regulator in particular should consider requiring its members to include in the employment or service contracts with journalists a clause to the effect that no disciplinary action would be taken against a journalist as a result of a refusal to act in a manner which is contrary to the code of practice.”

8TBIJ: We’re not responsible for Newsnight ‘mistake’. The Bureau of Investigative Journalism says it wasn’t to blame for the Newsnight child abuse report of 2 November but it has expressed regret for seconding Angus Stickler to the programme without retaining editorial control.

“It is clear that there was a failure within the Bureau of editorial and managerial controls and the surveillance thereof by the trustees. For this the trustees accept responsibility and add their regrets for these failings.”

I mention this because last week a PR company emailed me, and therefore presumably every other vaguely senior media bod in the country, offering to send me a nice, new, shiny leather cover for my iPad completely free of charge.

In general terms, what we look for in a candidate is: bags of enthusiasm and willingness to learn; a solid grasp of current affairs across news, politics,

showbiz, TV and sport; an ability to write accurately and with flair; a sound knowledge of The Sun’s history, famous scoops and campaigns; good knowledge of social media; the ability to present in front of a group and to work as part of a team; professionalism; likeability; and common sense.

“Of course we understand the security threats and internal tensions Turkey faces, so there’ll be no foolish lecturing or hectoring here.

"But we also understand the critical importance of a free press to Turkey’s democratic standing in Europe and America, and I hope we’ll be able to make Ankara think hard about the damage that locking up its reporters and editors inflicts.”

On James Cameron: "No reporter – for that is essentially what James was, a great reporter – had Cameron’s quality of brilliant and sympathetic irreverence; nor his capacity, especially as a foreign correspondent and war reporter to capture reality and project human tragedy, paradox and heroism, in everything his pen, and typewriter, touched."

24Axegrinder: Shocking spoof of FSN campaigning, Space constraints not an issue for Priv, Struggling to be ethical? Use a #